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I am a design engineer at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, working with the Theme Team to address the design concerns of millions of WordPress users.

• January 29th, 2008

  Mahalo Share Goes to 11

  One of the latest things I’ve been working on at Mahalo is Mahalo Share. It’s a utility that automatically posts links that you want to share to 11 different services: del.icio.us, Facebook, Twitter, Jaiku, your Tumblr blog, Ma.gnolia, Faves, Pownce, Mahalo, StumbleUpon, and/or Google Bookmarks. All of this cross-posting is done behind the scenes using [...]

• July 8th, 2007

  Pownce has a big security problem

  Kevin Rose’s latest project, Pownce, has a glaring security problem on its front page. The JavaScript that Pownce uses in its login form can reveal your password in plain text on the screen. Here are the steps to reproduce the problem in Firefox: Login to Pownce via http://www.pownce.com/. Allow Firefox to save your login information [...]

• July 7th, 2007

  Don’t pay for Pownce; I’m giving it away for free

  I just read that there are Pownce invites for sale on eBay (also covered here and here). Please don’t pay for something you can get for free from me. Also, please don’t pay for something that you’ll most definitely be disappointed with five minutes after you sign up. In my experience, there’s nothing that you [...]

• July 5th, 2007

  Pownce Invites Update

  Everyone who requested a Pownce invite yesterday should have received one from me; if you didn’t, let me know, and I’ll resend it. Moreover, I’ve determined how to obtain an infinite number of invites, so if you still want one, let me know in the comments. Again, here I am on Pownce. So far, I [...]

• July 4th, 2007

  Pownce Invites

  I’ve got some Pownce invites; leave a comment if you want one. If you’re on Pownce, let me know so I can add you as a friend. Here I am on Pownce.

• June 27th, 2007

  Kevin Rose’s new project: Pownce

  Digg founder Kevin Rose’s “IM competitor” startup that was hyped on Digg two months ago has been introduced, and it appears to be a Twitter clone with support for posting files. It’s named Pownce, and it calls itself “a way to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends.” It’s invite-only right now (I’m [...]